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    Cool Potatonator - shape

    Loving the look of the potatonator.....couple of Q's for FW >

    - Does it have the stepped rails similar to the Sweet P or chunkier rails like the Dominator?

    - Also the shape looks very similar to the spitfire - what the key difference between the 2?

    Are you going to be upload to "Compare Boards" so we can look at say the potatonator and spitfire in comparison...etc.

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    This incoming from Mr Neville himself:
    Hey Iggy
    The Potatonator is in the Sweet Potato bag of vegies mate.
    These boards are not always necessary, but O.M.G they taste so good it is freaky. It is almost like you just cannot have steak (Taj, Flexfire, Hellrazor and Hellfire) and vegies with herbs (Dominator, Spitfire, Futura, El Fuego) without some sweet potato, but you'd live. The Spitfire is like a good herb...You just gotta have one to put some flavor in your repertoire. Greens and Iron are essential for your surfing diet.
    The Potatonator is a morphed up Sweet Potato making it a board that can be ridden a bit more aggressively than the SP. Crazy board. You should have seen Chuy going mental on his in Mex. Mark Price could have gone back on tour if he could just remember the 70's enough to know how good he was. If you just keep following the boards up through the range the next one is the Spitfire or Dominator, that will again perform at a more aggressive level but the Potatonator is absolutely a perfect board to complement your HPSB for everything 4ft and under.
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    it looks to pack more foam in tail area then the spit so you can ride it a couple inches shorter.. different concaves

    when will the potatonator be available.. i know a couple people that already want it for the east coast here.. looks like a really really fun board
    5'11 160-165
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    5'6 potatonator
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    good stuff iggy.. so the potatonator is less of an all arounder type the the dom? the pnator is small wave niche under chest high?
    5'11 160-165
    long island ny

    5'4 sweet potato
    5'6 potatonator
    5'10 unibrow
    6'1 razor
    all fst

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    It's all in the eye of the beholder but I would say so. I will look at it as a potato on steroids.
    165cms 89Kgs dry...working on that at the moment...but not working!!! :)
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    165cms 89Kgs dry...working on that at the moment...but not working!!! :)
    Potato 5'2" /Vanguard 5'6"/Potatonator 5'8"/ Spitfire 5'8" / Quadraflex 6'0" / Flexflight 9'0"
    Fins: Elevons, Solus, Controlllers, Jordy,AM2,

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    They all look good.(well the potato doesn't look good but it goes good)

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    hey all what's the deal with the 'Baked Potato'

    http://blog.bcsurf.com/new-2012-fire...and-activator/

    When will this be coming out?

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    There's a release date on that blog. Looks like middle of June.

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    is the potatonator supposed to be ridden at more volume then the dom? i noticed that they recommend riding appx 2" shorter then dom but that would put me on a 5' 6 which has less volume then my 5'8 dom.. that formula seems to work with someone going from a say 6'4 dom to a 6'2 taternator which has more volume.. what gives? thx
    5'11 160-165
    long island ny

    5'4 sweet potato
    5'6 potatonator
    5'10 unibrow
    6'1 razor
    all fst

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